Internal Controls

How can payroll help when operationalizing a compliance program? Tom Fox explores payroll’s role and the four key areas that should be considered when reviewing compliance goals.

Nissan apologized Monday after uncovering—as part of a check of emissions and fuel economy tests within its final production process—it had falsified data at all but one of its Japanese vehicle production plants.

Businesses must conduct more robust background checks and must work to improve their internal controls around all third parties to make sure one does not slip through the corporate cracks and cause great damage. 

A new study from NAVEX Global ranks companies’ management of their policies and procedures in terms of maturity.

Compliance Week columnist Tom Fox recently sat down with Shawn Rogers, lead counsel, compliance training and communications at General Motors, to discuss the innovative steps GM has taken toward improving compliance training.

Big mergers are in the news, with the union of telecom giant AT&T and vast multimedia firm Time Warner and Comcast’s $65 billion bid for 21st Century Fox being just two examples. With the recent Justice Department emphasis on corporate culture, it will be interesting to see what this season of merger mania means to compliance and culture.

An expert panel at CW 2018 shared best practices on how to address expectations concerning employee behavior, how to properly respond when allegations of sexual harassment arise, and how to communicate with senior leaders and the board on the importance of preemptive action.

At Compliance Week 2018 on Tuesday, Hiltrud Werner, head of integrity and legal affairs at Volkswagen Group, spoke of how VW is recovering from a recent scandal and trying to emerge a stronger, better company from lessons learned.

Communicating your compliance strategy can be a critical problem when operationalizing compliance, but there are some best practices companies can follow.

One of the most important parts in the corporate hierarchy is the often-overlooked middle of an organization. Inside is an in-depth look at what tone in the middle should be.

They’re the best and brightest thought leaders in the fields of governance, risk, compliance, and ethics: Meet our Top Minds class of 2018! Read on for profiles of each of our 12 award winners, including Jerry Kral of Brown-Forman and Bob Bowman of Wendy’s.

When Forrest Deegan joined Abercrombie & Fitch Co. in 2012 as its first-ever director of compliance, he never could have imagined the many unexpected twists and turns that would come his way.

Barclays bank chief Jes Staley gets to keep his job but faces a significant fine after admitting using bank staff to try to reveal a whistleblower’s identity.

When Ben Bard was brought on as Archer Daniels Midland’s global CCO in 2014, it wasn’t just he who was embracing a new opportunity; it meant a fresh start for the company, as well.

At Tenneco, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Kim Yapchai is building on years of experience to strengthen the company’s global compliance program.

A recent report illustrating substantial environmental issues in India’s garment industry offers a roadmap all companies could benefit from when monitoring and auditing supply chains.

Theranos’s fall from grace is one large-scale compliance failure. The reason? It’s all about internal controls, writes The Man From FCPA.

The rise of messaging apps such as WhatsApp and WeChat mean that compliance departments will have to square encrypted messaging with current healthcare and finance regulations.

The biggest question surrounding the recent scandal at Kobe Steel is: If you have all the right systems in place—culture of compliance, proper regulations, good quality control, and more—but admit you’ve largely ignored them, how do you convince customers and investors going forward that you’re ready to comply?

A look at the trials and tribulations of taxi-app company Uber: data breaches it tried to keep hidden, how they were exposed, what Uber is doing to fix operations.

Corporations across the U.S. were on hand during this past hurricane season to help those animals impacted by the storms. More inside on where help was given and where help is still needed.

By mapping out the internal controls your company has in place to the indicia of the FCPA Enforcement Guidance’s Ten Hallmarks of an Effective Compliance Program and the 2013 COSO Internal Controls Framework, your company can ascertain what it has and what needs to be implemented. 

Acceptance at the upper levels of a company is great for integrating compliance with business development and strategy. But don’t lock up the “Department of No” just yet.

Actiance, a communications compliance, archiving, and analytics provider, recently launched capture and archiving support for workplace messaging platform Microsoft Teams, a real-time collaboration hub that’s bringing new levels of efficiency to the enterprise.

An organization cannot have a speak-up culture if its workers fear retaliation for coming forward. Learn to spot the telltale signs of retaliatory culture before it poisons the well.